Along with introducing new head coach Curt Onalfo on Tuesday, DC United also announced that former player Ben Olsen would be a new assistant coach. Another former DCU player, and KC assistant coach Kris Kelderman has joined the staff too.-Craig Stoufer of the Examiner has a few extra notes from the Onalfo press conference.

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FC Dallas has signed versatile defender Aziz Ansah of Ghana. The 29 year old previously played for Nigerian club Heartland.

MLS COLLECTIVE BARGAINING NEWS

The CBA with players is set to expire on Jan 31. Both sides are putting out smoke signals insinuating it could get ugly.

The annual draft of college players will take place on Thu Jan 14 at 1pm Central.

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Here is the official list of players who have signed the lucrative Generation Adidas devolopemental contracts with the league:Corben BoneTeal BunburyDilly DukaBlair GavinZac HeroldSean JohnsonJack McInerneyDanny MwangaAmobi OkugoIke OparaTony TchaniAndrew Wiedeman

2 teams from this tournament get a spot in the 2010 Copa Libertadores.The 8 teams are split into 2 groups and the teams in each group play a round robin.Then the winner of Group A plays the runner up from Group B for one spot, and winner of Group B plays the runner up from Group A for the other spot.

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Anonymous said...

Can you find out more about who Adu's competition is going to be at Aris?From the wiki page I noticed half a dozen argentinians (argie coach), some other forwards include the captain, Eddie J., 2 spanish players from Barca youth (same generations as dos santos and Bojan) who played U-21, an irish kid who played u-21 and a greek kid who scored 9 goals in 22games with the u-21. That;s a lot of young guns of the same age as Adu but who have played for the past few years and have experience of international qualifying and competitions in the past 3 years. Adu has gone from the MLS to 3 benches.

I dont know how their injury situation is but if you can find a greek soccer fan-expert to clue you in, it would be awesome.

I think the Greek league is equal if not better than the Portuguese league so I dont think this will turn out any better.

A third tier league in eastern europe, or a even lower league in Denmark or Norway or Scotland would have given him a better chance to reacquaint himself with playing the game. Heck, there are some quality foreign players in the french 2nd division.

Adu is the american Becky, his value off the field is worth more than what he brings on the field. He's like FIFA's little pocket dog they like to trot out for photo ops. (the invitation to take part in the 2007 WC draw he couldnt make because he was at Benfica had NOTHING to do with his soccer skills but what he represents in terms of publicity)

But after three euro teams and RSL, we might have to wonder if its not something else.

At the very least, Aris now has a whole country's worth of soccer fans trying to find out what is going to happen to Freddy. All I know is taht its in Thessaloniki which is about as far removed from Hull as you can possibly get in terms of food, climates, women, beaches, women,,,, so if Adu is going to ride the pine, he might as well do it in a gorgeous setting.

Is going to a team with another american fighting for the same minutes a good idea? Or will they hurt each other's chances because if one plays, then it means less chances for the other?I would pick Eddie over Adu without hesitation.